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Jagex Announces Creative Shooter, Ace of Spades

Fun fact: I can't read the term "ace of spades" without the bourbon banshee howl of Lemmy filling my head with the chorus of Motorhead's classic. So when I saw Jagex's formal unveiling of its Minecraft-influenced multiplayer builder-shooter, I felt a little extra enthused. It's called Ace of Spades (the ace of spades, the ace of spades!), and it's coming soon to Steam.

There's a good chance you're already familiar with the project, because the Ace of Spades (get out of my head, Lemmy!) prototype has already been installed by 2.5 million people. Jagex made it official this morning, announcing that the class-based shooter will launch on Steam in December.

Here's the rundown: up to 32 players get dropped in a voxel-based sandbox, and the real-time building and gunplay begins. Jagex says the team-based shooting will be fast and furious while there will be nearly no limit to what players can build, from basic bunkers to full on fortresses.

"We have blended the artistic style of voxel-based sandbox
games, such as Minecraft, with the class based combat of titles like Team Fortress, and added an extra dimension with real-time evolving battlefields to create a game which we firmly believe will appeal to FPS gamers looking for a bigger challenge," Jagex CMO David Solari said in a statement.

No specific release date beyond December 2012, and Jagex only says that it will sell for a "small fee." I for one am psyched to take the creative shooter for a spin. Ace of Spades(!) takes me back to my freckle-faced days of building and battling with Legos.